As one of 16 beneficiaries, we won the “History and Patriotism” competition, in which 129 applications for funding were submitted. Our idea and project, “In the footsteps of the coronation (1025) of Bolesław Chrobry in Wrocław,” was recognized by the organizer, the Patriotic Federation, and we received funding from the National Institute of Freedom – Center for Civil Society Development.

Our project in numbers:

•  Project duration: 4 months (July–October 2025)
• Number of participants: 109 people
• Number of implementers: 3 people
• Number of volunteers: 3 people
• Satisfaction rating based on surveys conducted among participants after the project: very good.
• Degree of increase in participants’ historical knowledge after the lecture: 90%.

The project concerned the 1000th anniversary of the Polish crown, i.e. the jubilee of the coronation in 1025 of the first King of Poland, Bolesław Chrobry.

Over a period of four months (July-October), we created a promotional campaign for the project. Emilia designed the logo, poster, and brochures, and our volunteers (Daria, Sara, Marcelina) distributed promotional materials in various locations in Wrocław related to education, science, and culture. We conducted four educational and art workshops, four lectures, and the same number of quizzes.

Interesting facts about Bolesław Chrobry:

• Bolesław Chrobry was born in 967 in Poznań as the son of Prince Mieszko I and the Czech princess Dobrawa (he was named Bolesław after his grandfather and her father).
• As a child, he was sent to the court of the then Roman emperor by his father as a guarantee of peace. Over several years, he learned the German language and culture and made friends who, in his adult life, helped him avoid death during a visit to the imperial court.
• For several months, Bolesław Chrobry was the ruler of Bohemia and was also the first crowned Slavic ruler whose country gained the status of a kingdom.
• Bolesław Chrobry’s successor and the second king of Poland was his son Mieszko II.

Project results:

1. Chronicle:

The result of our project is a medieval-style post-workshop chronicle commemorating the 1000th anniversary of the coronation (1025) of Bolesław Chrobry, stored at our foundation’s headquarters (ul. Legnicka 65, Wrocław). It contains several dozen works of art, made using various techniques, with depictions related to Bolesław Chrobry and events from his life, including a portrait, an equestrian portrait, a coronation scene, etc.

2. The map of traces of the memory of the coronation (1025) of Bolesław Chrobry in Wrocław includes:

• The remains of the Piast castle on Ostrów Tumski are currently fragments of the walls of the ducal castle, which can be visited in the basement of the convent of the School Sisters of Notre Dame at 12 św. Marcina Street in Wrocław.  .
• The equestrian monument to Bolesław Chrobry on Świdnicka Street, erected in 2007.
• Portrait of Bolesław Chrobry, by Jan Matejko, kept at the National Museum in Wrocław. It is a pencil drawing made between 1890 and 1892 as one of 44 in the series “Poczet Królów Polskich” (Gallery of Polish Kings).
• High School No. XII in Wrocław named after Bolesław Chrobry,
• Bolesław Chrobry Street in Wrocław,
• Bolesław Chrobry Bridge in Wrocław.

Chrobry means “brave” and “valorous,” and this nickname was used in the slogan of this year’s edition of the Lower Silesian Science Festival “nauka jest chrobra” (science is brave) with the profile of King Bolesław Chrobry on the poster promoting this prestigious scientific event organized for 28 years by the University of Wrocław and other universities in Lower Silesia.